"scalp" Definition

Definitions for the word "scalp" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A bed of oysters or mussels.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
That part of the integument of the head which is usually covered with hair.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A part of the skin of the head, with the hair attached, cut or torn off from an enemy by the Indian warriors of North America, as a token of victory.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Fig.: The top; the summit.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To deprive of the scalp; to cut or tear the scalp from the head of.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To remove the skin of.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To brush the hairs or fuzz from, as wheat grains, in the process of high milling.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
To make a small, quick profit by slight fluctuations of the market; -- said of brokers who operate in this way on their own account.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 skin on the head, with the hair etc. Attached. 2 hist. This cut off as a trophy by an american indian. v. 1 hist. Take the scalp of (an enemy). 2 us colloq. Resell (shares etc.) At a high or quick profit. [probably scandinavian]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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